This is a more classic Hopi-Tewa bowl by Les Namingha.  The bowl is a wide, but rounded shape.  The design on the top is painted with very small shard or mosaic patterns.  Each of the tiny shards has different designs.  Note as well in various sections how some are all checkerboard, while others are snow patterns and some are traditional Hopi designs.  Each of the sections is separated by asymmetric bands which criss-cross the top of the bowl.  The side of the bowl is painted with five different clay slips which alternate around the piece.  Some are polished and some are matte.  Below the checkerboard pattern is another band of shard designs.  At the base of the bowl, there is a spiraling water design interspersed with Les’s pointillism.  The coloration and the intricacy of the design are spectacular on this piece.  Les is a descendant of Nampeyo and learned to make pottery from his aunt Dextra Quotskuyva.  It is signed on the bottom.  Les said of this style of his work:

“I was studying minimalist and geometric painters. This led to merging contemporary abstract patterns with Hopi mosaic designs. The subtle combination still maintained the design balance while decreasing the use of mosaic elements. It was refreshing to introduce minimalist ideas into the intense painting process.”